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Police pursuit ends in fatal crash

A police pursuit that ended in a crash Friday afternoon has left two people dead, police said. Maryland Transportation Authority police said officers tried to initiate a traffic stop around 1:40 p.m. on Eastern Avenue in southeast Baltimore near Interstate 95. MdTA police said the vehicle fled onto I-95, crossed the grassy median into oncoming traffic just south of Joppa Road near White Marsh and struck a vehicle head-on.

A police pursuit that ended in a crash Friday afternoon has left two people dead, police said. Maryland Transportation Authority police said officers tried to initiate a traffic stop around 1:40 p.m. on Eastern Avenue in southeast Baltimore near Interstate 95. MdTA police said the vehicle fled onto I-95, crossed the grassy median into oncoming traffic just south of Joppa Road near White Marsh and struck a vehicle head-on.

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Updated: 11:51 PM EST Dec 11, 2015

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WEBVTT ER REFUSED TO STOP. THAT STARTED TO CHASE WHICH ENDED IN A DEADLY CRASH ON THE INTERSTATE. SKYTEAM 11 CAPTURED THE AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY HEAD-ON COLLISION ON I-95 IN WHITE MARSH. >> ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS PRONOUNCED AT THE SCENE. THERE WAS ALSO A SECOND INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS INITIALLY TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA. THAT SUCCUMBED TO THEIR INJURIES THIS AFTERNOON. VANESSA: IT STARTED HERE NEAR I-95 NORTH IN SOUTHEAST BALTIMORE. MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION 30 POLICE TRIED TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC STOP BEFORE 2 P.M. >> THE DICKEL DID NOT STOP AND A PURSUIT WAS INITIATED. VANESSA: CHRIS -- POLICE PURSUIT THE CAR ON I-95 AND IT ENDED HERE NEAR 69.8 MILE MARKER NOT FAR FROM THE JOPPA ROAD UNDERPASS. >> THE VEHICLE CROSSED THROUGH THE GRASSY MEDIAN BETWEEN NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND I-95. AND THE VEHICLE, THE SUSPECT VEHICLE STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE. VANESSA: THREE PEOPLE WERE IN THE FLEEING VEHICLE. THE OTHER CAR HAD PEOPLE INSIDE. ONE PERSON FROM EACH CAR DIED, INVESTIGATORS SAID. THE SCENE WAS CLEAR AND TRAFFIC FLOWING AGAIN BY FRIDAY NIGHT. MBTA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. >> PERSEIDS ARE PERMISSIBLE WITHIN OUR AGENCY REGULATIONS AND WE DO AFFORD OFFICERS THAT DISCRETION TO PURSUE VEHICLES WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY. VANESSA: RIGHT NOW MDTA POLICE ARE NOT SEEING -- IS SAYING WHY THAT CAR WAS STOPPED AND HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE PURSUING THE DRIVER. MARYLAND STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH THAT

Police pursuit ends in fatal crash

A police pursuit that ended in a crash Friday afternoon has left two people dead, police said. Maryland Transportation Authority police said officers tried to initiate a traffic stop around 1:40 p.m. on Eastern Avenue in southeast Baltimore near Interstate 95. MdTA police said the vehicle fled onto I-95, crossed the grassy median into oncoming traffic just south of Joppa Road near White Marsh and struck a vehicle head-on.